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PAGE SIX THE NEWS ARGUS MARCH, 1969 [ TW rftiENOJHlP Atn The News Argus is published periodically by the students of Winston-Salem State College with offices in Carolina Hall, Room 22. Joseph M. Lightsey Gail Owens Thomas Andrews Alex Davis Diane Deal Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor Sports Editor Art Editor Office Manager Reporters ^ Ruby Jones, Bessie Dove, Lillian Hoggard, Myrtle Hargrove, Sandra Garris, William Richardson, Albert Mac- Daniel, Warner Howard, Julian Sheppard Typists Dorothy Battle, L. Kay Pulliam, Joan Holland, Linda Roseman, Diane Best Photographer Arthur Blue Society Editors Glenda Hood, Lillian Hoggard Alpha Assumes Smith Presidency Dr. Lionel H. Newsom, former president of Barber-Scotia Colleg in Concord, N. C., and presentT “Amongst the laws which rule human societies there is one which seems to be more precise and clear than all others. If men are to remain civilized, or to become so, the art of associating together must grow and improve, in the same ratio in which the equality of conditions is mcreased.”—From “DE TOCQUE- VILLE’S AMERICAN REVISITED:” A Graphic Commentary by Joaquin de Alba published by ACROPOLIS BOOKS, WASHINGTON, D. C. 20009 (cloth $6.95; paper $3.95) Copyright 1969 by de Alba ZETA WOMAN RECEIVES CABINET POST President Richard Nixon named Mrs. Elizabeth Duncan Koontz of Salisbury, N. C., the first Negro to head the National Education As sociation, as director of the Labor Department’s Women’s Bureau. As director of the women’s bureau, the 49-year-old special edu cation teacher will be “in a sense a symbolic spokesman for all work ing women in government,” said a Labor Department official. A Labor Department spokesman said the role of the Women’s Bureau “is to formulate standards and policies which will promote the welfare of wage-earning women, improve their working conditions, increase their efficiency, advance their opportunities for profitable employment and investigate and report on all matters pertaining to the welfare of women in industry.” Mrs. Koontz will be replaced in the NEA position by George Fisch er, a teacher from Des Moines, •Iowa. Sam Lambert, executive secre tary of the NEA, said Mrs. Koontz has made an “excellent contribu tion in building a strong unified profession” through her work with the NEA. In a telegram to Nixon, Lambert said Mrs. Koontz has demonstrated many times “her ability to lead during one of the most critical periods in the history of American education.” Mrs. Koontz, 49, became presi dent of the NEA last July. She has long been prominent in educa tional organizations. She was presi dent of the NEA’s department of classroom teachers in 1965-66. She has been a teacher since 1938, when she graduated from Livingstone College at Salisbury. Before taking a leave of absence to attend to her national duties with the NEA, she was a special- education teacher at Price Junior- Senior High School at Salisbury. Mrs. Koontz comes from an edu- cation-oriented family. Her father was a teacher and principal. A brother, Dr. Samuel E. Duncan who died last year, was president of Livingstone College. A sister, Miss Julia B. Duncan, has been the college’s registrar. Another brother became the Dis trict of Columbia’s first Negro commissioner, and two other brothers are public school princi pals. Her husband is a teacher at Salisbury’s Dunbar High School. Mrs. Koontz is a graduate of Livingstone College, and has done further study at Atlanta University, Indiana University and N. C. Col lege. She held teaching positions at Dunn, Landis and Winston-Salem, N. C., before returning to Salisbury in 1945. She has been there since. She has been active in many state and national professional teaching organizations and has held a number of leadership posi tions. During the past year, she has re ceived much national attention for her work as head of the NEA. Mrs. Koontz is the second North Carolina Negro to be appointed to a major government post by Nixon. Earlier, he appointed Robert J. Brown of High Point as a special assistant to promote Negro busi ness ownership and management. —From Winston-Salem Joiirnal Happy Easter Kappa Men Head Two Maryland Colleges Two Maryland colleges have Kappa men as presidents. At Mor gan State College, in Baltimore, is Martin David Jenkins, and at Maryland State College, in Prin cess Anne, is John Taylor Wil liams. Both have led their institu tions upward and forward since they took over in 1948 and 1947, respectively; both have made an imprint on the state. Both stress high academic achievement; both also glory over their renowned football teams. Both have sent their welcome and good wishes to the present Grand Chapter Meeting. Brother Jenkins also hopes that fraternities will change their em phasis or expand their interests so as to give a greater helping hand to young black people and others similarly in need. Noted for being outspoken on civil rights matters and for having at “open door” policy to students. Brother Jenkins has seen his stu dents sit-in, picket, go to jail, and march, march, march in different parts of the country. As a result, in Baltimore in 1954, they broke down racial barriers in the lunchrooms of all 39 branches of a drugstore chain; in 1955, they similarly open ed the 15 branches of a dairy- restaurant chain, and a few years later opened all dining rooms in downtown department stores. Still later, 471 Morgan students went to jail, but when they were releas ed after three days the movie houses nearest to the college had been desegregated. associate director of the Institute for Higher Educational Opportun ity in the South, a component of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) of Atlanta, has been elected President of Johnson C. Smith University by the Univer sity’s board of trustees. Dr. Newsom succeeds Dr. Rufus P. Perry who retired December 3, 1968, after serving the 102-year-old Charlotte institution for years. In making the announcement. Dr. James E. Allen of New York, chairman of the board of trustees, cited Dr. Newsom’s long and dis tinguished record as an educator and administrator. “Dr. Newsom brings a rich and varied background to his new position. He is an able administra tor, sound scholar and a human leader. “This type of leadership is need ed to continue the amazing record of achievement made by retired President Perry,” Dr. Allen con tinued. Born in Wichita Falls, Texas, Dr. Newsom was reared in St. Louis, Mo. Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Mo., granted him a B.A. degree; his M.A. was earned at the University of Michigan, and Wash ington University awarded him the Ph.D. in sociology and anthro pology. Dr. Newsom has served as an instructor of history and sociology at Lincoln University, I* f* I* ^ I* * i* ****** jP ** P 'is ■5S /mo mm NAME ADDRESS CITY JUNIOR ENTERPRISE CO. 156 OLIVER ST., N. TONAWANDA, N. Y. PLEASE SEND ME QUILLS 14120 STATE @25^ EA. PLUS 100 HANDLING CHG. (EXTRA SAVINGS 5 QUILL PENS $1.00)
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